Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-02-26

management having at the very time
work was needed most pushed the eX
tensions and, in addition to work on the
road, furnished employment to those en-.
tirely unskilled in railroad construction,
by having dug q system of tanks far in
=. advance of the time when needed. Long
may the company and its employees live to
enjoy merlted prosperity.
One of the most prominent railroad
men in the country, who now manages q
great Texas railroad, has received the
following unique letter and handed it to
THE GAZETTE for publication in the rail
road department. The letter is
dated San Antonio l4-2-lSS7, aud
| proceeds Hon. --: Since you
are - of the and -
Railroad, 1 hear you are putting steel
down in the place of the old iron.
Now l wish you would do it
just as cheap as possible. Since
! you are put in that position by my So
licitor, Colonel Robert Ingersoll, | wish
you would obey my orders. The money
earnings of the above road is my indi-
vidual property; take good care of it and
have it ready any time should call upon
you. l was very sorry to hear of the
death of Colonel George Noble, who was
very attentive TO my business. l let you
know that every cent laid out in
repairing and keeping the road in good
condition shall be in my name, Mike
Campbell. | do not claim any branch or
outlet connected with this road as my
property. 1t is S556, 900. 900 invested in
that road. This is all due me the first
day of December, in the year
of our Lord 1889. l am sick
and tired of hearing SO much talk about
this man Jay Gould, for | never
represented and don't know such a man.
Nobody can represent me or draw any
money in bonds or drafts except myself.
For any information please call upon my
attorney, Judge De Armend, Mckinney,
Collin county, Tex, or Sherman. If
you want to communicate with
me drop a card at San Antonio.
This is given by my own hands
and seal to be a correct statement in all
cases" Then four stamps or seals are
appended. Two are in purple ink, clrcu-
lar in form, in bold type and read alike as
follows: "Mike Campbell, President OF
all railroads, general manager of all con-
struCtionS and master workman of all
Free Masons with the exception of all
Jews. \ third is oval-shaped, with a
fancy border and is printed with red ink.
1t reads, "Mike Campbell, light of the
sun, ruler of the earth, judge Of all
judges, head OF all Masons and owner of
all railroads, either before or after
wards" The fourth is square and is
printed in red. 1t proclaims, "Mike
Campbell, ruler of the earth, owner OF all
railroads, president of all national ana
other banks, also the head of all nations,
U. S. Of America"
Fort Worth must score one more Tor
her railroads. The generous citizens who
have been more than liberal in giving OF
their substance to secure these iron high
WAYS have been wise in their day and
generation. A part of the harvest grown
from the seed planted in the last
six years is about to be gathered.
Some time ago member of the
firm of Bailey & Knight Bros, well-known
manufacturers located st Calvert, Tex,
made tour of the state for the purpose
of establishing c manufacturing enter
prise He came to Fort Worth and de-
cided that cur distributing ia
ciities were the best in the
southwest and if other considerations
were not wanting the firm determined to
locate here. The enterprise in question
! is a manufactory of moss horse collars,
mattresses, hassocks, and other articles
which will employ from 10 to l25 hands.
| The gentlemen first met Colonel
John Mccoy and he introduced
them to others. When Colonel Nc
Coy left he placed the
correspondence in the hands of Mr.. l.. B.
Imboden, who did not neglect the mat
! ter. In conversation with Mr.. 1mb0den
yesterday he said: "Yes, the factory has
been secured, and you can say
that Fort Worth is greatly IT.
debted to Jose0h H. Brown and
/ d. c. Ross, one of his assistants,
in bringing the matter to successful
! issue. | introduced Mr.. Bailey to Mr.
| Brown and Mr.. Ross and they were un-
firing in their efforts until the matter
was consummated. am just in receipt
of letter from the firm saslng they have
packed up everything at Cal
vert ready to move and adj
ditionel machinery which was
been ordered some time from New York
! will soon be shipped. Two locations
/ have been provided for the factory, and
selection will be made in s few days.
have been asked by the gentlemen
to look out for residences for
I themselves and families at once
as they expect to be here aud at work by
/ March 20. Our railroad facilities, our
magnificent water supply and the way our
/ business men and bankers received the
gentlemen, won the day for Fort Worth. !"
/ THE GAZETTE would add from what it
has learned from other sources that praise
is also due MIR. Imboden, who has done
what his hand found to do for Fort Worth,
ana has done it we'll. Score one more
for our railroads.
Hamilton's Committee.